Last Friday, a Miami-Dade police officer was lucky to be alive after Durall Jessie Miller fired at him, leaving him with a wounded foot and a bullet-hole in his hat. Late last night, when police tracked the fugitive down to a Miami Gardens house, Miller wasn't so lucky.

Around 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Miller was the passenger in a white van police pulled over near SW 153th St. and 130th Ave. after responding to a domestic violence call.

Grainy surveillance video released to WSVN shows Miller blasting rounds at the officers as soon as they get out of their unmarked cruiser. The bullets ricochet off the pavement, hitting one officer in the foot -- and nearly causing a lot more damage.

Miller escaped on foot while the officers called for backup. He was on the lam all weekend but late last night police found him hiding in a Miami Gardens home, The Miami Herald reports.

After a standoff with officers, where they say Miller again threatened to shoot, the suspect ended up dead on the lawn.

Miller had a hell of a criminal record, according to Riptide's records search. His past charges include aggravated battery, grand theft auto, a half dozen different counts of burglary and trespassing, cocaine possession, obstructing justice and second-degree murder.

At least two of those cases led to felony convictions: for cocaine possession in 2006 and grand theft auto last June.

Tim Elfrink is an award-winning investigative reporter, the managing editor of the Miami New Times and the co-author of "Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era." Since 2008, he's written in-depth pieces on police corruption, fatal shootings and social justice issues across South Florida. He's won the George Polk Award and has been a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.